🚀 go-pugleaf

I have just started  subscribing to this group, and was encouraged(?)
to find I am not alone in having difficulty connecting. I am using a
US Robotics 28,800 Sportster less than 1 year old, and have recently
fitted a buffered 16550 I/O card. The problems did not start to occur
at the same time as this. Now, depending on when I try to connect, if
I get a ringing tone there is generally no problem. When I get
immediate pickup, which seems to happen at certain times of the day, I
invariably get line drop, no carrier. Not only is it time-wasting, but
also costly. Eventually I connect. I have tried various modem init.
strings suggested by Demon Support, although I am told US Robotics
modems generally work 'straight out of the box'. I have tried
different PoP numbers. Same result. It didn't used to be like this,
and nothing I have changed appears to account for it. It has got to
the stage where if I can't get it sorted, I am going to try another
ISP out of desperation. Unless anyone can suggest what else I can do
to improve things.
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John Tinsley
john@jtinsley.demon.co.uk